The poem says: The rolling Yangtze River flows eastward, and the waves lift out the heroes. Ordinary people look in vain. The cold moon is high, who is sad and beautiful? Walking on the street, soldiers and traders are used to drinking from the cold snow and cold wind. It's hard

The poem says:

The rolling water of the Yangtze River passes eastward, and the waves lift out the heroes. Ordinary people look in vain. The cold moon is high, who is sad and beautiful?

I am a walking soldier and a trafficker on the road, accustomed to drinking cold snow and cold wind. It's hard to describe the bitterness of the separation of relatives and friends.

——Inscription

Part Three and Twenty Years

Chapter 193

Zhang Jinpeng and Li Shaoqiu teamed up to conspire to deceive Shangfeng in order to shirk the impossible task in order to protect themselves, but But he invisibly saved the poor people of Pier Town, who were almost exposed to fish and boiling cauldrons. Otherwise, it is really unimaginable how the people can survive when they are already wearing three strips.

Although the forced collection of special military contributions for the Ministry of National Defense was not actually implemented in Pier Town, the lives of the people did not improve at all because of this incident. Nowadays, the prices of all items are rising day by day, and people's lives are getting better and better day by day. The vast majority of the villagers are struggling to survive day by day. Not only do they see no hope, but their daily lives are becoming increasingly unsustainable.

The whole country was in full-scale fighting, and there was almost no land that was not disturbed by the war. Naturally, Yang Bolin's oil factory could not find any possibility of obtaining beans. Without the source of beans, the oil factory will naturally not be able to operate, and all the villagers who usually work here will have to go home. Only Li Xi is left to take care of the deserted building of the oil factory and the two poor oil presses. .

Since the oil factory has stopped working, everyone's wages have naturally stopped being paid. Even if Li Xilai is still looking after the oil factory, he can only get an extremely meager salary. Although Li Xilai can still get some salary from the oil factory, the oil factory has stopped working. He can only get back one million yuan in legal currency from the factory every month, but what can he do?

A kilogram of stick noodles on the market now costs 30,000 yuan, which means that one million yuan of legal currency can only buy about thirty kilograms of stick noodles. How can this family of five eat? Not to mention buying other things. I have no desire to improve my life, and I don’t even dare to expect delicious oily flowers when I eat every day.

The reason is very simple, because one pound of soybean oil costs 440,000 yuan, and even rapeseed oil costs 360,000 yuan per pound. So eating oil is an unimaginable luxury for this family.

I don’t dare to expect the delicious taste of oil flowers, but I have to eat salt. But now a pound of salt costs 70,000 yuan, so how long can his family’s life be sustained? The most frightening thing is, who knows whether prices will continue to rise, like a wild horse that has escaped the reins? Where will it rise? Both Li Xilai and Li Chunsheng looked sad every day and could not feel any joy at all.

After all, Ailian is quite diligent. She takes Preserved Egg and Erdan out to dig some wild vegetables every day. The family's life will be barely able to survive, otherwise it will be even more miserable. But the problem is this, the key is when will this come to an end?

Li Chunsheng now gave Pi Dan and Er Dan big names, calling them Li Fuze and Li Furun respectively, which means that in their generation, the fate of the entire family can change.

But who would have expected that not only does the family's fate show no signs of improvement, but it is getting worse and worse than before. Now it is difficult to even guarantee three meals a day, so what kind of good fortune can you expect?

Alas, God doesn’t know how he arranges the fate of the world. Why is it so difficult for them to see the day of success?

gave the preserved egg and the Erdan a large name. It was originally meant to be useful when they reached school age, but now Li Fuze had to drop out of school and stay at home after just one year of primary school. If the family can't even keep his mouth shut, how can they provide for him to go to school?

Therefore, Li Fuze could only watch helplessly as other children of the same age went to school happily every day, while he could only help with some chores at home.

In the morning of this day, Ailian and Erdan went out to collect wild vegetables for lunch, while Pidan helped Li Chunsheng collect wicker for weaving wicker baskets. Although Li Chunsheng gave both children big names, they still habitually call them Pi Dan and Er Dan at home.

Li Xilai went to the oil factory to see the factory as usual, leaving Li Chunsheng alone at home weaving wicker baskets. Although one of Li Chunsheng's legs is disabled, his hands are still very dexterous. Over the years, he has become very skilled at weaving wicker baskets at home every day, and the wicker baskets he weaves are also popular among people. Every time Ailian takes such wicker baskets to the market, they are always sold quickly. In this way, the meager income from selling wicker baskets can supplement some household expenses, otherwise the family would be even more strapped.

Although life is very difficult, the whole family still seems to be orderly in such daily work, and they can finally have some comfort in this difficult world.

Li Chunsheng was weaving a wicker basket alone in the yard when suddenly two villagers rushed in holding preserved eggs.

I saw red bumps all over Pidan's body, and even his face was so red and swollen that he almost lost his human shape. Lying in the villager's arms, Pidan moaned feebly, seeming to be very weak.

Seeing the preserved egg in this state, Li Chunsheng's eyes immediately widened in horror. He immediately passed away and all the work in his hands fell to the ground.

The two villagers ignored Li Chunsheng's surprise, but shouted when they entered the door: "Quick, see if there is any vinegar at home?"

It turned out that Pi Dan accidentally knocked over a hornet's nest while collecting wicker sticks for Li Chunsheng, so Swarms of wasps stung the preserved eggs like this.

Hearing the shouts of the villagers, Li Chunsheng reacted from the panic. But he did, but apart from a little salt, there was no vinegar in the seasoning at home. Then a sad look immediately filled Li Chunsheng's face.

Another villager knew at a glance that his house was gone. He quickly turned around and ran out again, shouting: "You guys first take some garlic and rub it on the preserved eggs. I'll go to Mr. Wang's house to have a look. I can't tell for sure." I can have it." After saying that, he ran away.

Having lived in rural areas since childhood, the villagers still know how to give first aid to wasp stings.

As soon as the villager ran out, Ailian, who heard the news, also ran back panting with Erdan in hand. As soon as she walked in and saw the preserved egg in this state, Ailian immediately hugged the preserved egg and cried loudly, while Erdan, who was still young, was so frightened by the preserved appearance that he also cried loudly. The boy fell into a state of confusion.

Several women who came after hearing the news comforted Ailian, while looking at the stung man, who was almost inhumane, shedding tears. The sad and helpless emotions quickly spread throughout the courtyard.

After a while, the villager who ran to Wang Maocai's house to look for vinegar came back with a small jar of vinegar. The villagers with a little experience quickly ordered Ailian to quickly strip off all the clothes of the preserved egg, and then they worked together to carefully remove the many bee stings that were still on the preserved body. After that, they used vinegar to cover the preserved egg from top to bottom. I wiped it once, hoping to use this method to resolve the bee venom on the preserved egg.

Ailian carefully wiped the body of the preserved egg with a cloth dipped in vinegar. Every time she wiped the place where the bee sting was, the preserved egg, which had begun to faint slowly, twitched, and Ailian's tears immediately started to well up again. Chuan, the heartache and worry for her son had made Ailian's heart feel like it was being cut out with a knife.

At this moment, Wang Maocai, who heard the news, also walked in. After looking at the injury of Piedan, he shook his head and said: "Damn it, don't wipe it. Send it to the hospital quickly. Piedan was stung too much. If it's serious, just wiping it with vinegar won't have much effect. If the bee venom attacks the heart later, it might cause big trouble."

As soon as Li Chunsheng said he was going to be sent to the hospital, he was dumbfounded.Now that the family can't even get enough to eat, how can they afford to see a doctor for Pi Dan?

Just when Chunsheng was sitting on the side and being stupid, Li Xilai also hurried back. Seeing this situation, Li Xilai asked everyone to help put a small stretcher on without saying a word, while he gritted his teeth and turned around. Just entered the house. After a while, Li Xilai came out with a small bag and shouted to the villagers who were helping: "Quick, hurry up, go to Zhuoxian Hospital."

Li Xilai cruelly took out the thirty yuan Dayang Yanju had reserved for them. .

Li Xilai and the villagers sent the preserved egg to Zhuozhou Hospital. If they could be rescued in time, everything should be OK. However, who would have expected that there are no medical staff on duty in Zhuoxian Hospital, and only some handymen are staying behind.

It turns out that the Communist Party is launching attacks on Dingzhou , Anguo and Tangxian cities in the south of Baoding . The poor medical staff in Zhuoxian Hospital have all been transferred to Baoding. The field rescue was gone, so Zhuoxian Hospital was only an empty shell.

There was no other way, so Li Xilai and the others had to rush to Zhuoxian Railway Station to take the train to Beiping. But when I arrived at Zhuoxian Station, I learned that all passenger trains had been stopped, and only military trains were currently running.

There is a fierce fighting in the south of Baoding. The railway between Peiping and Baoding has been completely requisitioned by the army. How can civilian passenger cars be guaranteed?

Nearly two and a half hours have passed with three delays and five non-delays, and the situation of preserved eggs has become more and more serious.

Just when Li Xilai was panicking and discussing with everyone what to do, he suddenly heard the hysterical cry of Ailian who was following him: "Preserved egg, preserved egg--" Preserved egg was already dead.

At this Zhuoxian Railway Station, Li Xilai once again experienced the feeling of grief.

Although Pi Dan was not his biological grandson, five or six years of raising and getting along day and night also made Li Xilai and Pi Dan have a strong ancestral-grandson relationship. Seeing Pi Dan go to hell at such a young age, Li Xilai Xilai couldn't help but stood there in a state of grief.

He really doesn’t understand why such heart-wrenching things always surround him. It’s even harder to imagine how the peaceful world in Nuo Da doesn’t allow them to settle down and live in peace. Why does God always have to create one setback after another for him? With the sadness on one's forehead, could it be that he had really committed some extremely evil sin in his previous life? So much so that God would punish and torture him and all his family members in this life, not even letting go of his adopted grandson. What is the reason for this?

At this time, Li Xilai was in a state of sadness and lamentation without any words.

Li Xilai came to look at Ailian who was in grief, and then looked down at the cold ocean full of sadness that Yanju had reserved for them before she died. The grief for Yanju's sad departure suddenly came to her heart. Thinking about everything he had suffered since childhood, Li Xilai's heart was almost crushed to pieces. Over and over again with infinite sadness, he looked back and forth between the miserable Ailian and the little bag wrapped in the ocean in his hand. Then he looked back at the sympathetic tearful eyes of everyone, and an indescribable desolation could not help but flow from the depths of his heart. Welled up.

His trembling lips were filled with tears, and he suddenly looked up to the sky and shouted: "God, can you please let our poor family go..."

(To be continued)